Kinchen William Davis (1790 - abt. 1833)

Born 5 Oct 1790 in Wake, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Frances (Pleasants) Davis — married 29 Jul 1815 in Wake, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about 1833 at about age 42 in Brazoria, Texas, USA

Biography

Kinchen W. Davis married Frances "Fanny" Pleasants on July 29, 1815 in Wake County, North Carolina. ^[1][2]

Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Meyes, Pitt, North Carolina ^[3]

• Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
• Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
• Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
• Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99: 1
• Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
• Slaves - Females - 55 thru 99: 1
• Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
• Total Free White Persons: 1
• Total Slaves: 5
• Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 6

Land Patent: ^[4]

• Grantee: Kinchen W. Davis
• Patent Date: 28 May 1832
• Acres: 4428.40
• District: Fort Bend
• County: Fort Bend
• Patent #: 1650
• Patent Volume: 6
• Class: Title

Per an affidavit filed with The State of Texas, County of Brazoria ^[5]
The children of Kinchen and Fanny Davis are:

• Eliza Davis, who married Jesse K. Davis
• William Kinchen Davis
• Caroline Davis, who married 1) Wiley Head, 2) E. George
• Laura Davis, who married J.B. Marshall
• Elizabeth Davis, who married R. Robuck

In 1838, Aaron Dodd (2nd husband of Fanny Pleasants Davis) filed the following petition in court:

"Republic of Texas, County of Fort Bend, July 3, 1838: To the Hon. Wyly Martin, Judge of Probate in the County affirm your petitioner represents that Kinchen W. Davis died in this Republic in the year 1833. That his estate has not been administered upon. He therefore prays that he may be approved by your Honor to administer when said estate. And as in duty bound, your petitioner will ever pray. - Aaron C. Dodd"

Research Notes

• 1845, Tax List, Fort Bend County, Texas ^[6] (This is most likely son William Kinchen Davis, as Kinchen William Davis passed away around 1833. )

Sources

1. ↑ State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977. "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKJQ-H374 : 8 July 2016), Kinchen Davis and Fanny Pleasants, 1815.
2. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKJQ-H374 : 22 December 2016), Kinchen Davis and Fanny Pleasants, 29 Jul 1815; citing Wake, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 296,867.
3. ↑ 1830 United States Federal Census; 1830; Census Place: Meyes, Pitt, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 124; Page: 62; Family History Library Film: 0018090
4. ↑ Texas, Land Title Abstracts,1700-2008; Texas General Land Office. Abstracts of all original Texas Land Titles comprising Grants and Locations. Austin, TX, USA.
5. ↑ Brazoria County, Deed book: 49, page 306; Dated: October 13, 1909, Filed: December 20, 1909. (affidavit image)
6. ↑ "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJ85-6FP7 : 25 May 2014), K W Davis, 1845.